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List of Doctors characters introduced in 2019

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ85777499
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Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2019, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer, Mike Hobson. February saw the arrival of practice manager Becky Clarke (Ali Bastian). The parents of Sid Vere (Ashley Rice), Estelle (Suzette Llewellyn) and Tye Vere (Daniel Hill), were introduced in April, as well as cleaner Enzo D'Agostino (Jack Derges). Sid's estranged brother, Laurence Richards (Rishard Beckett), was introduced in May. George Kenway (Lewis MacKinnon) first appeared in October, as well as twin brothers Adam and Gareth Regan (both portrayed by Edward MacLiam). Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) replaces Becky as a business manager in November, and John Butler (Richard Huw), a lawyer working for Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), arrives in December. Additionally, multiple other characters appear throughout the year.

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